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Heisenberg in the Atomic Age Hardcover - 2010

by Cathryn Carson


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The end of the Second World War opened a new era for science in public life. Heisenberg in the Atomic Age explores the transformations of science's public presence in the postwar Federal Republic of Germany. It shows how Heisenberg's philosophical commentaries, circulating in the mass media, secured his role as science's public philosopher, and it reflects on his policy engagements and public political stands, which helped redefine the relationship between science and the state. With deep archival grounding, the book tracks Heisenberg's interactions with intellectuals from Heidegger to Habermas and political leaders from Adenauer to Brandt. It also traces his evolving statements about his wartime research on nuclear fission for the National Socialist regime. Working between the history of science and German history, the book's central theme is the place of scientific rationality in public life - after the atomic bomb, in the wake of the Third Reich.

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  • Title Heisenberg in the Atomic Age
  • Author Cathryn Carson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 558
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, New York
  • Date 2010-01-11
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780521821704 / 0521821703
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.8 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 4.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Library of Congress subjects Science - Philosophy, Physics - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009009616
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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